AZA is an established provider of currency trading solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. By leveraging cutting edge technology in our flagship products, TransferZero and BFX, AZA is able to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to and from frontier markets. TransferZero is our B2B2C product, which provides both wholesale currency purchase and retail settlement via our robust API. BFX is our B2B over-the-counter platform for businesses with wholesale currency needs, especially those paying partners and suppliers.
Our partners utilize our hybrid financial infrastructure and deep local knowledge to manage liquidity and send payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money operators across Africa. Licensed by the UK’s FCA and the Bank of Spain, AZA is a market-maker in every major African currency. Launched in Nairobi, AZA now has offices in Lagos, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, and Dakar.
Engineering Team Lead
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Engineering / Technical
Job Summary
We are passionate technologists who believe in making a difference to the lives of those living in emerging markets. We aim to change the landscape of finance and remittance.
Our development team is a group of skilled self-reliant engineers that have the ability to work together to solve complex problems and provide simple solutions for our customers. We are looking for a Ruby on Rails Developer to join our rapidly growing team in one of our offices.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that your team is delivering on sprint commitments
- Optimising team performance
- Unblocking team from technical and process challenges
- Review individual team member performance
- Innovate, develop, maintain and contribute to the existing BitPesa codebase and its associated applications
- Aid with architecture decisions for the application and supporting infrastructure
- Mentor, train and support other engineers in order to develop our in-house development skills
- Improve our overall system development process via process improvements
- Improve the delivery capacity of the team
- Optimise application performance and test coverage
- Deliver presentations demonstrating application feature delivery
- Work with our product team to refine product requirements including providing feasibility and effort estimations
- Provide support to our customers including triaging any issues
Requirements
Required
- Significant experience in a similar role including managing a team of developers
- Good knowledge of working with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
- Good knowledge of using automated testing frameworks such as RSpec
- Working knowledge of Javascript
- Good knowledge of source control using Git
- Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum
- Familiarity with deploying and managing applications on the cloud
- Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration
- Good knowledge of databases systems, especially PostgreSQL
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases
- A strong and flexible work ethic
- Excellent communication skills
Desired
- Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration.
- Good knowledge of cloud providers, especially AWS.
- Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum
- Preference to participate in pair-programming and using GitHub pull requests to review code of others
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases
- Familiarity with container frameworks, especially Docker and Kubernetesd
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Global / regional network / exposure in FinTech / Blockchain industry.
- One of the hottest, fastest scaling startups in Africa.
- Casual work environment.
- Great work-life balance.
- We value autonomy.
- Opportunity for growth for all our employees.
- …and more!
Marketing Intern
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Graduate Jobs / Internships Sales / Marketing
Description
Our Marketing and Communications team builds the AZA brand, protects its reputation, generates awareness of the company’s capabilities and services, and plays an integral role in supporting sales growth. Our team is involved in a range of activities from advertising, PR, sponsorships, social media, and internal communications to brand management and thought leadership initiatives.
If you are an aspiring and hard-working recent graduate looking for an opportunity to advance your skills and career in a great working environment, have great communication and writing skills, and are able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously then you’re already the right fit to join us at AZA.
This 6-month internship will help you acquire marketing communication skills and strategies. Ultimately, you will gain broad experience in marketing communications and should be prepared to enter any fast-paced work environment.
Responsibilities
- Support the marketing team in daily administrative tasks
- Help conduct research for our public relations, marketing, and sales efforts
- Help coordinate the drafting and distribution of news releases, media advisories, and other stories
- Assist with any special promotions or events
- Assist in marketing and advertising promotional activities (e.g. social media, direct mail, and web)
- Assist with developing the social media calendar, brainstorm ideas for new and innovative campaigns
- Help ensure corporate documents strictly adhere to AZA brand guidelines
Requirements
- Completed degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field
- Excellent writing and verbal skills
- Knowledge and experience with social media platforms
- Good design skills
- Background in and/or knowledge of the Fintech industry
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines.
Benefits
- Casual work environment
- Great work-life balance
- We value autonomy
- Environmental-friendly (we try to use as less paper as possible!)
- Opportunity for learning
- …and more!
Senior Engineer
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Engineering / Technical
Job Summary
We are passionate technologists who believe in making a difference to the lives of those living in emerging markets. We aim to change the landscape of finance and remittance.
Our development team is a group of skilled self-reliant engineers that have the ability to work together to solve complex problems and provide simple solutions for our customers. We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in one of our offices.
Responsibilities
- Innovate, develop, maintain and contribute to the existing BitPesa codebase and its associated applications
- Work closely with the engineering leads to aid with architecture decisions for the application and supporting infrastructure
- Mentor, train and support other engineers in order to develop our in-house development skills
- Improve our overall system development process via process improvements
- Improve the delivery capacity of the team
- Optimise application performance and test coverage
- Deliver presentations demonstrating application feature delivery
- Work with our product team to refine product requirements including providing feasibility and effort estimations
- Provide support to our customers including triaging any issues
Requirements
Required
- Similar experience in a similar role
- Good knowledge of working with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
- Good knowledge of using automated testing frameworks such as RSpec
- Working knowledge of Javascript
- Good knowledge of source control using Git
- Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum
- Familiarity with deploying and managing applications on the cloud
- Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration
- Good knowledge of databases systems, especially PostgreSQL
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases
- A strong and flexible work ethic
- Excellent communication skills
Desired
- Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration.
- Good knowledge of cloud providers, especially AWS.
- Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum
- Preference to participate in pair-programming and using GitHub pull requests to review code of others
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases
- Familiarity with container frameworks, especially Docker and Kubernetes
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Casual work environment
- Great work-life balance
- We value autonomy
- Environmental-friendly (we try to use as less paper as possible!)
- Opportunity for growth for all our employees
- …and more!
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